37.6% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood has seen a sharp decline in people moving into the area. Recent arrivals from overseas now make up only 6.4% of the population, a significant drop from a decade ago.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.6% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This is a steep fall from 2011, when 59.2% of the population had moved recently.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 6.4% of people arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian average of 10.6%. This represents a 24 point drop since 2011.
6.4% ▼ -79.1%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505031099/butler-merriwa-ridgewood/topic/mobility-location